78% of buyers consider natural disaster risk when house hunting

The majority of respondents in a recent realtor.com survey said the threat of a natural disaster played a role in where they looked for a new home. Continue reading

Are sellers getting greedy? Asking prices surge to new record

The median asking price of newly listed homes for sale surged 12 percent year over year to a record high of $361,250, according to a new Redfin report. Continue reading

US home price growth tallies biggest gain in a generation

U.S. home price growth soared 19.7 percent in July, extending an unprecedented 14-month streak of unfettered increases. Continue reading

For agents, is Clubhouse ‘alive and well’ or ‘yesterday’s special’?

Clubhouse used to be one of the hottest networking apps out there. But now that the hype has died down, Inman asked agents if it was still a platform worth their time. Continue reading

New home sales see modest gains for second consecutive month

Sales of newly built single-family homes hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 740,000 in August 2021, up 1.5 percent from the revised July rate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading

Existing-home sales take a U-turn following 2-straight months of gains

Existing-home sales declined 2 percent between July and August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.88 million, with all geographical regions in the US seeing monthly and annual declines. Continue reading

Fall housing outlook: Cooling prices, tighter inventory, less competition

As the weather cools, so too will competition and housing prices, experts told Inman for its 2021 Fall Housing Market Outlook. Still, agents can expect inventory to remain tight Continue reading

Real estate disruptors get serious about mortgage — and vice versa: Mike DelPrete

Real estate tech disruptors are investing billions to build integrated brokerage and mortgage experiences. Some have more resources than others, but all have the same scaling bottlenecks. And in the end, the biggest disruptors — and who is most at risk… Continue reading

Foreclosure rate falls to 22-year low with every US state tallying declines

The foreclosures rate fell to 0.2 percent in June 2021 from 0.3 percent the previous year, according to data released Tuesday from CoreLogic. Continue reading